Loc Grooming For Neat, Stylish Dreads

By Enid Hinton


When natural hair is left to its own devices without even basic combing and brushing, it starts to from dreadlocks. The strands begin to coil around each other to form a lock from near the root. In the hands of a dreadlocks stylist, dreads are created and followed with loc grooming for a well-styled head of dreads. A number of Brooklyn, NY salons offer loc styling services.

The stylist parts hair into small sections from the root according to the size of locs that a client would like. A tiny amount of locking agent, usually beeswax, is applied to prevent the locs from coming undone. The product is applied until it goes in completely to keep locs in place.

Dreads are most commonly formed by twisting. It is natural and it gives the stylish over the size of locs. Twisting is done from the tip right up to the root before it is dried under a hair dryer.

The best time to re-twist your hair is after washing it. The same method used to start your dreadlocks is be the same method that will be used to tighten the new growth. A small amount of the locking agent is applied to your hair, the locs are re-twisted and then dried under a hair dryer.

The belief that dreadlocks are untidy, unkempt hair and cleaning them is unnecessary is a dreadful one. You should wash your locs no more than three weeks after they are first done and afterwards. Washing will loosen them so it is best to have them washed and then re-locked at a salon.

There are products that have been made especially for styling and grooming locs including shampoo and hair dressing oils. In between having them done at the salon, hair dress should be applied to the scalp to avoid flaking.

The look of a styled head of dreadlocks will stand out from one with unkempt locs. You have to have a degree of resilience to wear dreadlocks with confidence so be open and creative with how you style them.

In between having dreads washed, re-twisted and styled at the salon, the scalp should be moisturized to avoid flaking. Light, natural oils should be used. If your locs are long and you tend to hold them in a pony tail, don't make it too tight as the tension will make hair start breaking. Also, used covered hair bands rather than rubber bands which can snag and break off hair.

There is also the curly dread look which can be done easily by plaiting the locks together after wetting them a bit with water or applying some styling job. They should then be left to dry overnight or under a dryer before undoing the plaits to release the curls. Once you take the plaits out you will have a curly look that you can further style. Braids are another option for styles, which looks very good right after you re-twist your dreadlocks. Another interesting way to style up dreads is to color them, be it full head, tips only, streaks or any creative other way.




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